Jury Pool Profile

Perry County, Missouri

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 18,947
Median household income: $63,356
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,910 94.5%
Black or African American alone 151 0.8%
Asian alone 149 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 111 0.6%
Two or more races 617 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 437 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

Under 18 4,334 22.9%
18–24 1,501 7.9%
25–44 4,391 23.2%
45–64 5,061 26.7%
65 and over 3,660 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,010
Establishments: 580

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,780 29.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,201 23.1%
Education & health services 1,703 17.8%
Leisure & hospitality 692 7.3%
Professional & business services 675 7.1%
Construction 657 6.9%
Financial activities 379 4.0%
Other services 197 2.1%
Public administration 175 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 50 0.5%
Information 34 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $923
Owner-occupied: 5,684
Renter-occupied: 1,639

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,823 votes cast

Republican 7,986 81.3%
Democratic 1,757 17.9%
Other / third-party 80 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 290 1.6%
German 188 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 112 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 39 0.2%
Other Indo-European 34 0.2%
Korean 21 0.1%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,323
Family households: 4,784; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,827
Single-mother households: 274
Veterans: 1,243; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,976 42.1%
Evangelical Protestant 4,928 26.0%
Mainline Protestant 181 1.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 174 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 32nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Jackson, Marble Hill, Perryville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 34.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023